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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

10 Ways Running 100 Miles Over Mountains is like a Weekend in VEGAS!

I saw Little Miss Sunshine (yes, for the first time) a couple nights ago. It's the second film I've seen in the past few months with a speaker who doesn't live his message (Donnie Darko was the other). I know I'm not Jim Cunningham (Patrick Swayze's charater) nor am I Richard Hoover (although I'm not too far off of Richard Hoover's "don't stop, no matter what the circumstances dictate" mantra), but sometimes I worry about losing my audience being overtly content & happy many days. Henceforth, I'm going to work to integrate this blog into three types of posts:

1- life lessons (stemming from the adversity I've faced)2- adventurous stories (tall tales, many running related)3- silly perspective posts (every so often to lighten the mood)

It's going to be a unique soup of posts, but there you have it. I'm all over the place sometimes, so this will better represent me too. Without further ado...

10 WAYS RUNNING 100 MILES OVER MOUNTAINS IS LIKE A WEEKEND IN VEGAS!

10. Some people stop in the light of day, but many will be pulling an all nighter.

9. Waking up the morning after, we all ask ourselves why we just did that to ourselves.

"Never, ever again! This time I mean it! For reals!"

8. The longer we keep going, the less we seem to care when we throw up on a friend, on our shoes or in one of our own bags (shout out to Puck!).

7. Friends always make it more fun. They can also validate and legitimize your stories of what really happened.

6. Aid station hopping can be just as fun as club/bar hopping.

5. After a crazy night, all we want to do the next day is lounge by the pool.

4. You're either going to have a good time, a great horror story, or both. Chances are you'll see some $#!^ you've never seen before.

3. The wetter you get, often times, the better the story is... TWSS?

2. You might have a crazy naked dude *chase you with a crowbar.*In the 100, you're probably just hallucinating. Probably.

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Jimmy is a proud father, a keynote speaker, and an endurance running coach living in the Los Angeles area. He has spoken to many groups including school assemblies, Fortune 100 companies (Disney, Nike, etc), as well as local clubs and athletic groups.

As a backdrop to many of Jimmy's keynotes, he has completed numerous ultra distance footraces including the Badwater 135, the Western States 100, and the Leadville Trail 100. In the Summer of 2014, Jimmy completed the "Original 6 Hundo Challenge" or the first six 100 mile trail races to exist, in a 13 week span. Jimmy talks about chosen attitude in the face of adversity, self empowerment, team building & collaborative thinking, unearthing the extraordinary moments everyday, gratitude, and high achievement through relentless forward movement, all while maintaining a sense of humor and perspective around everything.

Jimmy's book "Making Molehills Out of Mountains" is planned for a mid-2015 release.

Jimmy is available for speaking engagements, keynote addresses, and school assemblies with a tailored message to suit your audience.